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red silk cotton

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Noun1.red silk cotton - a plant fiber from the red silk-cotton tree of eastern India; inferior to kapok
plant fiber, plant fibre - fiber derived from plants


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Species of flora found here include the teak, Kadamba, acacia, shisam, euphorbia, zizizphus, red silk cotton and flame of the forest.
Listing is also his way of doing justice to the natural world, the consequence of growing up in the botanical gardens among "peepuls, gulmohurs, flames of the forest, red silk cottons, jacarandas, mangoes, jackfruits and many others that would remain unknown to you if they didn't have neat labels at their feet".
Immaculately maintained, they have smooth perfect lawns with proper British grass under palms and exotic tropical species like red silk cotton trees (bombax) with their flaming flowers, huge fiddle-leaf ficus, temple trees (plomenia) and golden balled acacia.
 
 
 
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